Grant history

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$9,993|One year

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Project: To launch a self-measured blood pressure monitoring project to reach older people of color with low incomes to improve uncontrolled hypertension. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Supports food and health services for older adults and people in Hancock and Washington counties, and across Maine. Tufts health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2019|$75,000|Three years

Enhancing volunteer support for gleaning program; harvesting produce on nearby farms and delivering produce to food pantries, meal programs, and other community organizations. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2023|$25,000|One year

Support the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, Maine Senior Farm Share Program and coordinate the Food Security Network’s emergency food response efforts in Hancock and Washington counties. Funds support general operations including staff salaries, volunteer management, communications and distribution.

Healthy Aging

2022|$30,010|One year

Support a pilot initiative to address transportation priorities with solutions that are responsive to older adults and their preferences and create efficiencies for service agencies across the island’s six towns.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$150,000|Three years

To expand gleaning and food processing efforts that will increase distribution of fresh, local fruits and vegetable to local food pantries and food banks. The Restorative Community Harvest Program of the Kennebec Sheriff’s Office and Kennebec County Correctional Facility will be the lead gleaning agency for this project. For the project’s first expansion year, a 5 percent increase of the current 40,000 pounds of food is expected. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2025|$35,000|One year

To advance access to healthy food

Healthy Aging

2022|$40,000|One year

Improve the health and well-being of Blue Hill Peninsula, Deer Isle and Stonington residents. Healthy Peninsula will use resources to increase access to social supports and services for older adults experiencing isolation.

Equity in Aging

2024|$100,000|Three years

Enhance and coordinate Bridging Neighbors initiative, using volunteers to provide orientation, navigation, advocacy and social connection to older adults for improved access to and awareness of resources that support well-being.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2020|$100,000|Two years

Expands Waltham Connections’ Senior Pantries to additional Housing Authority sites; increases communications around opportunities that address social isolation; and adapts the Waltham Senior Civic Academy curriculum to a virtual format. Healthy Waltham is the lead agency and fiscal sponsor for Waltham Connections. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.